Try These Quarantine Workout Ideas IF Spec Ops Candidate Prior to Starting Boot Camp
About Quarantine: New recruits march to their barracks at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin. The Navy is using the Army installation to isolate new recruits for two weeks before they go to Naval Station Great Lakes, Illinois, for boot camp.
Should You Taper Prior to Boot Camp?
Answer - NO!
NO TAPER NEEDED - Boot Camp IS a Taper - The week before shipping out to boot camp for the Spec Ops candidate should be considered a regular training week. No need to taper prior to boot camp as it will be an 8 week taper anyway for the Spec Ops candidate - add in a 2 week quarantine and it goes beyond taper into de-load and de-conditioning.
But...There Are Things You Can Do IF You Can Creative
See chart for ideas and split them so you build in some recovery with upper / lower / mobility days through the week.
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Lower |
Mobility |
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Warmup with Pushups run Pyramid 1-15 - stretch / dynamic stretches in between *use door, backpack, bands, etc.. ---------------------------- Speed Pyramid 1-10-1
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Backpack Pyramid Squats 1-20 with 10second walk in btwn Repeat 5 times *Find weight from the room – water jugs / etc.. Warmup with 5-10 min jog or bike
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Easy Stretch Day Do 10 minute sets of stretching spread throughout the day 10 times Add in PT Reset / Planks: (do daily)
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UPPER 2 min pushup Repeat 15 times Get used to this combo |
Lower Repeat 10 times
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Upper
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MORE: Article from Military.com About 2 Week Quarantine
More ideas in the Room:
Bicep / Rows - Use towels or sheets placed in the top of the door for TRX like rows or bicep curls.
Pullups in the Room - Use towel on top of door and do pullups on the actual door (if door is sturdy).
Rubber Bands? - If you can bring something in your back pack, try bands or straps for helpful tool creating.
Back Pack - Save water bottles from meals to hold water and place in your back pack for squats, lunges, overhead presses, overhead static holds, etc. OR try the Log PT Simulation below with a heavy back pack.
Cardio in a room -- Running in place is not the easiest or most fun activity, but when you are trapped and cannot go outside, there are a few ways to get the heart pumping. These include jump rope ideas, jumping jack variations, burpees, 8-count push-ups, squat thrusts and jumping lunges with lunge variations.
Consider the Sand Baby Murph and Get Some Log PT Simulation While on Quarantine:
(use 40-50lb back pack / sand bag)
The Sand Baby Murph
100 push press (use sandbag (SB) or back pack)
200 lunges (100/leg) or 200 / leg if you are a beast (chest carry SB)
150 squats (shoulder carry SB)
150 situps (chest carry SB)
- if not in a room, add in extra exercises like 400m runs with weight on shoulder or head every time you accumulate 100 reps with the sandbag.
Make the following a max rep set circuit and accumulate reps until you meet the goal reps for that exercise, then your circuit becomes one less exercises until all 4 exercises are complete.
Try this without sitting the sandbag or back pack down at all. If you need to rest, rest with it on your head or shoulder and walk around the room. You will find the situps an actual "rest" though.
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